Office of Extramural Programs

NIOSH announces its extramural research, training, and conference support programs in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. Links to these announcements are provided in the sections below. Previous announcements are available through the "Past Funding" links (some previous programs were announced in the Federal Register).

All NIOSH funding opportunities are also posted on Grants.gov (http://www.grants.gov/). Grants.gov is the single access point for over 1000 grant programs offered by 26 Federal grant-making agencies. Visitors to Grants.gov can register for e-mail notification of grant opportunities by category and agency.

Research Grants

To maximize the grants program's usefulness in protecting workers, NIOSH funds projects that are both scientifically sound and related to program priorities. Prevention is the thrust of the research program, and studies are supported to identify occupational populations at risk, develop methods for measuring exposures to hazards and detecting adverse health effects, determine the prevalence and incidence of occupational hazards, understand the etiology of occupational diseases and injuries, and reduce or eliminate exposures to hazards. Support is provided for both laboratory and field studies involving humans, as well as laboratory studies with various animal models and cell lines. Acute, subchronic, and chronic investigations are supported. Methods development involves measurement instrumentation, analytical techniques, medical monitoring procedures, and statistical designs to improve accuracy and precision of results. Fundamental or basic research may be supported if the applicant describes in the proposal how the research effort has current or potential utility in dealing with an occupational safety or health concern.

The announcements listed below are published in the NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts. Each announcement specifies the research priorities of interest, the type of grant activity supported, and the information needed to submit a grant application.

Current Non-Research Grant Opportunities

• ANNOUNCEMENT NO. CDC-RFA-OH08-801: World Trade Center Non-Responder Program; Contact Person: W. Allen Robison, Ph.D., (404) 498-2530; Application
  Due Date: August 25, 2008. Please see Additional Guidance for details on how to apply.

Current Research Grant Opportunities

Research Grants

(For previous funding opportunities, see Past Funding.)

NIOSH Sponsored

• ANNOUNCEMENT NO. PAR-08-070: Career Development Grants in Occupational Safety and Health Research (K01); Contact Person: Susan B. Board, M.S., (404) 498-2530; (Closing Date: January 8, 2011). This announcement replaces PAR-04-105.
  
  
• ANNOUNCEMENT NO. PA-07-318: Occupational Safety and Health Research (R01); Contact Person: Susan B. Board, M.S., (404) 498-2530; (Closing Date: March 6, 2010 unless resissued). This announcement replaces PA-04-038.

• ANNOUNCEMENT NO. PAR-06-551: NIOSH Small Research Grant Program (R03); Contact Person: Susan B. Board, M.S., (404) 498-2530; (Closing Date: May 8, 2009 unless resissued). This announcement replaces PA-04-021.

• ANNOUNCEMENT NO. PAR-06-552: NIOSH Exploratory and/or Developmental Grant Program (R21); Contact Person: Susan Board, M.S., (404) 498-2530; (Closing Date: May 8, 2009 unless reissued). This announcement replaces PA-04-030.

NIOSH Co-Sponsored

• ANNOUNCEMENT NO. RFA-CD-08-001: Elimination of Health Disparities through Translation Research (R18); Contact Person: Wilbert J. Newhall, Ph.D., (404) 498-2530; (Expires May 3, 2008)
  
  
• ANNOUNCEMENT NO. PA-08-050: PHS 2008-02 Omnibus Solicitation of the NIH, CDC, and FDA for Small Business Innovation Research Grant Applications (Parent SBIR [R43/44]); Contact Person: Susan Board, MS, 404-498-2530; (Expires January 7, 2009)
  
  
• ANNOUNCEMENT NO. PA-07-019: Understanding and Promoting Health Literacy (R03); Contact Person: Bernadine B. Kuchinski, Ph.D., (513) 533-8511; (Expires January 26, 2010)

• ANNOUNCEMENT NO. PA-05-081: Research on Emergency Medical Services for Children; Contact Information: (404) 498-2530; (Expires July 2, 2008) NOTE: Contact person has changed since publication of announcement.

• ANNOUNCEMENT NO. PA-05-015: Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Releated Research; Contact Information: (404) 498-2530(Expires September 30, 2008) NIOSH Participation in PA-05-015 NOTICE OH-05-001 NOTE: Contact person has changed since publication of announcement.
  NOTICE OD-07-092: The purpose of this notice is to extended the expiration date

Cooperative Agreements

Cooperative agreements provide NIOSH with the ability to arrange collaborative surveillance and research opportunities with state health departments, universities, labor unions, and non-profit organizations. NIOSH provides funding for a broad array of cooperative agreements to develop knowledge that can be used in preventing occupational diseases and injury.

Unlike grants which are conducted independently of the sponsoring agency, cooperative agreements bring together the expertise of federal and non-federal researchers to accomplish public health efforts that would not otherwise occur. In order for a cooperative agreement to be awarded, there must be a clear need for programmatic staff involvement during performance of a proposed project. An evaluation is made to determine that the cooperative agreement is of sufficient priority to warrant the commitment of staff resources required for a collaborative effort during the term of the cooperative agreement award.

Current Cooperative Agreement Opportunities

Cooperative Agreements

(For previous funding opportunities, see Past Funding.)

• ANNOUNCEMENT NO. PAR-06-057: Centers for Agricultural Disease and Injury Research, Education, and Prevention; Contact Person: W. Allen Robison, Ph.D., (404) 498-2509; (Expires December 21, 2009) NOTE: Contact person has changed since publication of announcement.
  NOTICE NO. NOT-OH-07-005: Third amendment to PAR-06-057
  NOTICE NO. NOT-OH-06-007: Amendment to PAR-06-057
  NOTICE NO. NOT-OH-06-002: The purpose of this notice is to provide clarification on seven items in PAR-06-057.
  
  
• ANNOUNCEMENT NO. PAR-04-106: State-Based Occupational Safety and Health Surveillance; Contact Person: Linda Frederick, Ph.D., (404) 498-2557; (Expires August 7, 2007 unless reissued)
• State-Based Surveillance Guidance on Application Preparation - Updated June 2005  PDF 21 KB (3 pages)
• NOTICE NO. OH-07-003: Fourth Amendment to PAR-04-106
• NOTICE NO. NOT-OH-06-004: Amendment to PAR-04-106
• NOTICE NO. OH-05-003: Amendment to PAR-04-106
• NOTICE NO. OH-05-004: Second Amendment to PAR-04-106
  

Training Grants

NIOSH training grants support academic programs that enable students to obtain specialized training in disciplines such as as occupational medicine, occupational health nursing, industrial hygiene, occupational safety, and other closeley related disciplines.

Current Training Grant Opportunities

Training Grants

(For previous funding opportunities, see Past Funding.)

• ANNOUNCEMENT NO. PAR-06-485: Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Centers; Contact Person: John Talty, (513) 533-8253; (Expires September 14, 2009)
  NOTICE NO. NOT-OH-08-005: 2nd Amendment to announcement PAR-06-485.
  NOTICE NO. NOT-OH-07-002: Amendment to announcement PAR-06-485.
  Supplemental Instructions for Preparing an ERC Application- updated July 2006  PDF 71 KB (16 pages)
  Sample Tables for ERC Application (EXCEL workbook 95 KB. To download, right click and "Save Target As") Updated June 2006
  Q and A's - PAR-06-485: Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Centers (Updated 8/4/06)
  

• ANNOUNCEMENT NO. PAR-06-484: Occupational Safety and Health Training Project Grants; Contact Person: John Talty, (513) 533-8253; (Expires August 25, 2009)
  NOTICE NO. NOT-OH-08-004: Amendment to announcement PAR-06-484.

Sample Tables with Instructions for TPG Application (EXCEL workbook 84 KB. To download, right click and "Save Target As") Updated July 26, 2006
Q and A's - PAR-06-484: Occupational Safety and Health Training Project Grants (Updated 7/26/06)

Conference Grants:

NIOSH recognizes the value of supporting high quality scientific meetings that are relevant to the mission of preventing injury, illness, and deaths caused by hazards in the workplace.

(For previous funding opportunities, see Past Funding.)

• ANNOUNCEMENT NO. PAR-08-072: NIOSH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (R13); Contact Person: Susan Board, MS, (404) 498-2530; (Expires January 11, 2011) This is an amendment to PAR-06-014.

NIOSH Director's Award for Outstanding Extramural Research in Occupational Safety and Health

Background and submission guidance for the 2007 NIOSH Director’s Award for grantees can be found in the document below.

NIOSH Director's Award Announcement PDF 37KB (3 pages)

 

Information for R01 Applicants

Information specially for applicants responding to the NIOSH R01 General Program Announcement can be found in the following document:

Information for R01 Applicants PDF 11KB (1 page)